IV 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 567 

Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee on the Events 

Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 6, 2014 

Mr. SESSIONS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee 

on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack 

in Benghazi. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT. 

3 There is hereby established the Select Committee on 

4 the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in 

5 Benghazi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Select Com6 mittee’’). 

7 SEC. 2. COMPOSITION. 

8 (a) The Speaker shall appoint 12 Members to the Se9 lect Committee, five of whom shall be appointed after con10 sultation with the minority leader. 


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1 (b) The Speaker shall designate one Member to serve 

2 as chair of the Select Committee. 

3 (c) Any vacancy in the Select Committee shall be 

4 filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 

5 SEC. 3. INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ON THE EVENTS SUR6 ROUNDING THE 2012 TERRORIST ATTACK IN 

7 BENGHAZI. 

8 (a) The Select Committee is authorized and directed 

9 to conduct a full and complete investigation and study and 

10 issue a final report of its findings to the House regard11 ing— 

12 (1) all policies, decisions, and activities that 

13 contributed to the attacks on United States facilities 

14 in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, as well 

15 as those that affected the ability of the United 

16 States to prepare for the attacks; 

17 (2) all policies, decisions, and activities to re18 spond to and repel the attacks on United States fa19 cilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, 

20 including efforts to rescue United States personnel; 

21 (3) internal and public executive branch com22 munications about the attacks on United States fa23 cilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012; 

24 (4) accountability for policies and decisions re25 lated to the security of facilities in Benghazi, Libya, 


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1 and the response to the attacks, including individ2 uals and entities responsible for those policies and 

3 decisions; 

4 (5) executive branch authorities’ efforts to iden5 tify and bring to justice the perpetrators of the at6 tacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on Sep7 tember 11, 2012; 

8 (6) executive branch activities and efforts to 

9 comply with Congressional inquiries into the attacks 

10 on United States facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on 

11 September 11, 2012; 

12 (7) recommendations for improving executive 

13 branch cooperation and compliance with congres14 sional oversight and investigations; 

15 (8) information related to lessons learned from 

16 the attacks and executive branch activities and ef17 forts to protect United States facilities and per18 sonnel abroad; and 

19 (9) any other relevant issues relating to the at20 tacks, the response to the attacks, or the investiga21 tion by the House of Representatives into the at22 tacks. 

23 (b) In addition to any final report addressing the 

24 matters in subsection (a), the Select Committee may issue 

25 such interim reports as it deems necessary. 


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1 (c) Any report issued by the Select Committee may 

2 contain a classified annex. 

3 SEC. 4. PROCEDURE. 

4 (a) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the 

5 Rules of the House of Representatives, the Select Com6 mittee is authorized to study the sources and methods of 

7 entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X insofar 

8 as such study is related to the matters described in section 

9 3. 

10 (b) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sen11 tence of clause 11(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

12 of Representatives shall apply to the Select Committee. 

13 (c) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representa14 tives shall apply to the Select Committee except as follows: 

15 (1) Clause 2(a) of rule XI shall not apply to the 

16 Select Committee. 

17 (2) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to 

18 the Select Committee in the same manner as it ap19 plies to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel20 ligence. 

21 (3) Pursuant to clause 2(h) of rule XI, two 

22 Members of the Select Committee shall constitute a 

23 quorum for taking testimony or receiving evidence 

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1 tion other than one for which the presence of a ma2 jority of the Select Committee is required. 

3 (4) The chair of the Select Committee may au4 thorize and issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2(m) 

5 of rule XI in the investigation and study conducted 

6 pursuant to section 3 of this resolution, including for 

7 the purpose of taking depositions. 

8 (5)(A) The chair of the Select Committee, upon 

9 consultation with the ranking minority member, may 

10 order the taking of depositions, under oath and pur11 suant to notice or subpoena, by a Member of the Se12 lect Committee or a counsel of the Select Committee. 

13 (B) Depositions taken under the authority pre14 scribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the 

15 procedures submitted by the chair of the Committee 

16 on Rules for printing in the Congressional Record. 

17 (6) The chair of the Select Committee may, 

18 after consultation with the ranking minority mem19 ber, recognize— 

20 (A) Members of the Select Committee to 

21 question a witness for periods longer than five 

22 minutes as though pursuant to clause 

23 (2)(j)(2)(B) of rule XI; and 


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1 (B) staff of the Select Committee to ques2 tion a witness as though pursuant to clause 

3 (2)(j)(2)(C) of rule XI. 

4 SEC. 5. RECORDS; STAFF; FUNDING. 

5 (a) Any committee of the House of Representatives 

6 having custody of records in any form relating to the mat7 ters described in section 3 shall transfer such records to 

8 the Select Committee within 14 days of the adoption of 

9 this resolution. Such records shall become the records of 

10 the Select Committee. 

11 (b)(1)(A) To the greatest extent practicable, the Se12 lect Committee shall utilize the services of staff of employ13 ing entities of the House. At the request of the chair of 

14 the Select Committee in consultation with the ranking mi15 nority member, staff of employing entities of the House 

16 or a joint committee may be detailed to the Select Com17 mittee without reimbursement to carry out this resolution 

18 and shall be deemed to be staff of the Select Committee. 

19 (B) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 

20 Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect 

21 to the Select Committee in the same manner as such sec22 tion applies with respect to a standing committee of the 

23 House of Representatives. 

24 (2) The chair of the Select Committee, upon consulta25 tion with the ranking minority member, may employ and 


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1 fix the compensation of such staff as the chair considers 

2 necessary to carry out this resolution. 

3 (c) There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts 

4 of the House of Representatives such sums as may be nec5 essary for the expenses of the Select Committee. Such pay6 ments shall be made on vouchers signed by the chair of 

7 the Select Committee and approved in the manner directed 

8 by the Committee on House Administration. Amounts 

9 made available under this subsection shall be expended in 

10 accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee 

11 on House Administration. 

12 SEC. 6. DISSOLUTION AND DISPOSITION OF RECORDS. 

13 (a) The Select Committee shall cease to exist 30 days 

14 after filing the final report required under section 3. 

15 (b) Upon dissolution of the Select Committee, the 

16 records of the Select Committee shall become the records 

17 of such committee or committees designated by the Speak18 er. 

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